SINGING THE WORD WALL

Here are some tunes that you can use tosing high frequency words.  Itmight be fun to make a list of all the two letter words and sing them onMonday.  On Tuesday make a list ofthe three letter words and sing them…etc.

Two LetterWords

Sing two letterwords to “If You’re Happy and You Know It.”

         Ifyou want to spell he, say “h” “e.”

         Ifyou want to spell he, say “h” “e.”

         It’seasy as can be when you sing and spell with me.

         Ifyou want to spell he, say “h” “e.”

Three LetterWords

Sing three letter words to “Where IsThumbkin?”

         Whatspells the?  What spells the?

         T– h – e  (T – h – e)

         T-h-espells the.  (T–h–e spells the.)

*You can also sing three letter words to “ThreeBlind Mice.”

Four Letter Words

Learn to spell four 4 letter words with “HappyBirthday.”

         T– h – a – t  spells that.  T – h – a – t  spells that.

         T– h – a – t  spells that.  T – h – a – t  spells that.

*Sing four letter words to “My Darlin’Clementine” or “YMCA.”

Five Letter Words

Five letter words can be sung to “BINGO.”

         Thereis a word that you should know and green is the word-o.

         G– r – e – e – n.    G – r– e – e – n.    G – r – e– e – n.

         Andgreen is the word-o.

*Sing five letterwords to “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.”

Six LetterWords

The tune of “TenLittle Indians” can be used to spell six letter words.

         S-c-h-o-o-l,

         S-c-h-o-o-l,

         S-c-h-o-o-l,

         Thatspells school.

*The theme songfrom “The Mickey Mouse Club” can also be used for six letter words.

Seven or EightLetter Words

Fit the letters inlonger words to “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” and “Coming Round the Mountain.”

Singing theWord Wall

Read and sing theword wall from a to z with the tune of “Gilligan’s Island.”